Several theoretical views of automaticity are discussed. Most of these suggest that
automaticity should be diagnosed by looking at the presence of features such as …

A strong phonological theory of reading is proposed and discussed. The first claim of this
article is that current debates on word recognition are often based on different axioms …

Winner of the 2011 Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize Exploring fluency from multiple vantage
points that together constitute a cognitive science perspective, this book examines research …

Ninety-six participants, who were younger (20 years) or older (68 years) adults and either
monolingual or bilingual, completed tasks assessing working memory, lexical retrieval, and …

Psycholinguistics–the field of science that examines the mental processes and knowledge
structures involved in the acquisition, comprehension, and production of language–had a …

There are a number of different ways to understand second language acquisition (SLA), and
each has its own strengths and limitations. One currently popular approach to SLA sees it as …

In two experiments Dutch–English bilinguals were tested with English words varying in their
degree of orthographic, phonological, and semantic overlap with Dutch words. Thus, an …

Background noise is the irregular variation across repeated measurements of human
performance. Background noise remains after task and treatment effects are minimized …

Evidence is mounting that we are not as in control of our judgments and behavior as we
think we are. Unconscious or 'automatic'forms of psychological and behavioral processes …

Despite instructions to ignore the irrelevant word in the Stroop task, it robustly influences the
time it takes to identify the color, leading to performance decrements (interference) or …